Baseball Digest by Herbert Simons (34 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. None. Digest-size. No mailing label. Cover: Rich Nye, Jay Johnstone, and Rod Carew. fmc2%262D.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Good to very good. Sparky Anderson and others on cover. Ships within 24 hours.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Pages unmarked. Covers moderately worn. Binding square & firm. Size: Digest-sized. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. age discoloration to text paper, otherwise a clean, square, gently used copy.

Paperback. Condition: Good Minus. An old baseball digest in used conditon typical of its age. Tight enough to enjoy.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. moderate foxing to wrappers, moderate age toning to text paper, otherwise clean and sound.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. None. Digest-size. No mailing label. Cover: Bill Freehan of the Detroit Tigers. ; Baseball Digest; 100 pages fmc2%262D.

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Baseball Digest, V7, No. 5, May, 1948. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 80pp; Robin Roberts cover. Contents clean; underlining in one article. Date stamp on front cover. No library stamps.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Very good. Nice Ernie Banks cover. Ships within 24 hours.

Magazine. Condition: Good. Pages clean; binding tight; minor wear to covers. 98 pages. Illustrated. August 1960 issue of Baseball Digest, Cover story on interference & obstruction. Size: 5 1/2" x 8".

Magazine. Condition: Good. Pages clean; binding tight; minor wear to covers. 98 pages. Illustrated. May 1966 issue of Baseball Digest, Cover story on Sudden Sam McDowell. Size: 5 1/2" x 8".

Magazine. Condition: Good. Pages clean; binding tight; minor wear to covers. 98 pages. Illustrated. June 1962 issue of Baseball Digest, Cover story on Mickey Mantle. Size: 5 1/2" x 8".

Condition: Good. Baseball Digest 1968 98 pages. rubbing and creasing to wraps. pages slightly browned.

Magazine. Condition: Fair. 2 articles by Bill Bryson Sr. "How to Beat the World Series Favorite" and "Dick Stuart-Home Run King Who Has Yet to Score".

Illus., 8 x 5.5", pict stapled wraps, 80pp, covers soiled and rubbed, contents toned, but great cover photo of Ted Williams; with article on Casey Stengel, and articles by Shirley Povich, Al Hirshberg, Red Smith, etc.

Illus., 8 x 5.5", pict stapled wraps, 80pp, covers soiled and rubbed, spine worn, contents toned, some underlining, but cover photo of Robin Roberts; articles on All-Time Yankees, etc.

Magazine. Condition: Good. Pages clean; binding tight; minor wear to covers. 98 pages. Illustrated. December 1960/January 1961 issue of Baseball Digest, Cover story on Bill Virdon and the 1960 World Series. Size: 5 1/2" x 8".

PAPER BACK white. Condition: GOOD. Spine is torn at top. pages are yellowed. Cover is white with red lettering and has black and white photos of players. Back cover has a 1922 photo of Casey Stengel. Has league averages. DATE PUBLISHED: 1963 EDITION: 130.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. December-January 1960 Baseball Digest. Dodgers' Larry Sherry on cover. Tips of cover creased small tear top of spine clear tear repaired. Bookseller since 1995 (LL-Sport1-TS-Down-Middle) rareviewbooks.

Wraps. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 64 pages. Wraps. Illustrated. Cover torn along bottom half of spine. Fate stamped in ink on the front cover. Discolored patch on back cover. Pages 31-34 unbound at center staples but remain in middle of book. This issue represents a fascinating snapshot in time of baseball in the early post-WWII years. Baseball Digest is the longest running baseball magazine in the United States. The magazine was created in 1942 by Herbert F. Simons, a sportswriter for the Chicago Daily Times. Simons first published the magazine in August 1942, and served as its editor-in-chief until 1963. In 1981, Joan Whaley was published as its first female contributor. Among the authors in this issue are: Red Smith and Shirley Povich. Among the topics covered are: Babe Ruth, The Greatest First Baseman, the Pressbox, Frankie Gusine, Pat Mullin, Del Webb, and a photograph inside the front cover of Joe E. Brown. In 1935 Chet Smith, the sports page editor of the Pittsburgh Press. The 1940s were a time of significant change for baseball. Franklin D. Roosevelt encouraged the major leagues to continue functioning, which they did throughout the period. Things returned to normal after players were released from their military obligations late in the 1945 season and came back en masse beginning in 1946. After the War, there were a couple of major events. Mexican League owners signed major league players like Max Lanier, Sal Maglie and Bobby Estalella, the top Cuban players of the era and some Negro League stars to form a strong challenge to MLB supremacy. Another key event was the signing by Branch Rickey of Jackie Robinson of the Kansas City Monarchs, a move that integrated baseball. Robinson debuted with the Montreal Royals in 1946 and four other ex-Negro Leaguers played in the Brooklyn Dodgers chain, most notably Roy Campanella. Robinson made his Major League debut on Opening Day of 1947. Robinson won the support of teammates and of Commissioner Happy Chandler, and by the end of the season, the American League had also integrated. The movement was so rapid that by the end of the decade, the Negro Leagues were on the verge of collapse. The 1940s is the only decade during which no new stadiums were built. All but the St. Louis Browns, Chicago Cubs, and Cincinnati Reds set attendance records during the decade, as there was a large attendance boom after the end of the War. There were 81 scheduled night games in 1940 and 384 in 1949. Night games had actually been a key to baseball continuing through World War II: essential workers could not take time off to attend afternoon games, so more night games were scheduled to give them some badly-needed entertainment options. Many minor leagues were started and re-started after the War, creating a brief golden age for the minors which would be cut short in the 1950s due in large part to television changing Americans' entertainment habits. Presumed First Edition, First Printing thus. Chet Smith (illustrator).…

Very Good condition. Stories on many players. Bob Turley on the cover, Warren Spahn on the inside front cover, Johnny Temple, and Wally Moon on the back cover.

Very Good condition. Title story picks the Detroit Tigers and Pittsburgh Pirates to win, so, naturally, in this case, they were half right, the Detroit Tigers versus the St. Louis Cardinals.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Stapled wraps, illustrated covers (Bob Feller on front cover), 8 x 5 3/8 inches, 64 pp. About good minus.(3214027).

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Stapled wraps, illustrated covers (Buddy Kerr, Giants, on front cover), 8 x 5 3/8 inches, 64 pp. Fair.(3214027).

Condition: Good. Baseball Digest 1968 Binding: Unknown.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. August 1948. Paper covers. 80 pages. Minor spine roll. Pages yellowing, some pages have chips or tears. Lou Boudreau cover photo.